Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion---like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered with thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think?

The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion.

Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute---but only one minute---to do nothing else but feel that emotion.

When the minute is over, ask yourself, “Am I wiling to keep holding on to this negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?”

Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really fell it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly.

If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion.

When you feel you’ve had enough of the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deep breath. As you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath.

想下你最近一次感受到的消極情緒，例如壓力，憤怒或挫折。當(dāng)你處于那種消極情緒時(shí)你在想些什么?是充滿了混亂的思緒?還是陷于麻木，無法思考?

下次當(dāng)你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己處于非常緊張的狀態(tài)時(shí)，或是你感到氣憤或受挫時(shí)，停下來。是的，對(duì)，停下來。不管你在做什么，停下來坐上一分鐘。坐著的時(shí)候，讓自己完全沉浸在那種消極情緒之中。

讓那種消極情緒吞噬你，給自己一分鐘的時(shí)間去真切地體會(huì)那種情緒，不要欺騙自己?；ㄕ环昼姷臅r(shí)間 – 但只有一分鐘 – 去體會(huì)那種情緒，別的什么也不要做。

當(dāng)一分鐘結(jié)束時(shí)，問自己：“我是否想在今天余下的時(shí)間里繼續(xù)保持這種消極情緒?”

一旦你允許自己完全沉浸在那種情緒當(dāng)中并真切體會(huì)到它，你就會(huì)驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)那種情緒很快就消失了。

如果你覺得還需要點(diǎn)時(shí)間來保持那種情緒，沒關(guān)系，再給自己一分鐘的時(shí)間去體會(huì)它。

如果你覺得自己已經(jīng)充分體會(huì)了那種情緒，那就問自己是否愿意在今天余下的時(shí)間里繼續(xù)保持這種消極情緒。如果不愿意，那就深呼吸。呼氣的時(shí)候，把所有的消極情緒都釋放出去。